Tag: Official Race Timed Alerts

The Shipyard Maine Coast Marathon will be held this weekend, Friday, May 13th through Sunday, May 15th, at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. The race offers a variety of course options, including a marathon, a half marathon, a half marathon relay and a back-to-back 39.3 Mile Challenge. Both are sold out with the field limit less than 3,000 providing a more intimate experience for runners versus the hustle and bustle that comes with the larger race options. Even the wait list sold out! By having limited people out on the course, runners are able to have a personalized experience soaking in the beauty of the Maine area.

Runners experience the Maine Coast in May and enjoy the beauty of springtime in Maine as they run along the coast in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Biddeford Pool.

Thanks to race organizers, GiddyUp Productions, people will be treated to a unique race experience including all of RaceJoy’s bells and whistles.

2015 Tracking at Maine Coast Marathon

Participants will have access to official race timed alerts, GPS-based progress alerts, and instant results. Supporting family and friends will be able to track runners in a map view, receive progress updates at every mile and send supporting cheers to participants. We’re expecting some creative Lobsta Text-to-Cheers this weekend!

2015 Progress Alert from Maine Coast Marathon

Check out how the race promoted the new RaceJoy features on their web site: What’s New

After crossing the finish line, participants can avoid waiting in long results lines! Thanks to integration with the timing provider: RaceWire, RaceJoy can provide scored results for finishers including individual, overall and age-group results. Here are the top speedsters from last year’s race….

2015 Official Race Results

We’re excited to be part of the 2016 Shipyard Maine Coast Marathon & Half again this year! We hope you have a great race and enjoy the RaceJoy experience. You Rock Lobsta! 😉

You can offer advanced tracking and cheers at your next race by creating a race in RaceJoy at no cost and in a few simple steps through RaceJoy’s Website or your RunSignUp dashboard. If you would like to provide these features to your participants for free, please see our buyout options during the RaceJoy setup.

The 8th Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, Indiana’s largest and fastest marathon offering a beautiful course highlighting the buildings and monuments in downtown Indy, provided RaceJoy as a runner tracking option at this weekend’s event.

In it’s record-breaking year, with more finishers than ever before, approximately 13,820, this was one amazing event for RaceJoy to be a part of!

The official race timed text message alerts were provided by the End Result Company at the 10K (6.2 miles), 13.1 and 30K (18.6 miles) and finish. In addition to these official race alerts, people had the option to use RaceJoy for live GPS course tracking. For those that carried their phone and used RaceJoy, they received audio alerts at every mile on the course (28 total – includes start and finish) with pace and estimated finish time. Tracking spectators also received these alerts.

12,760 progress alerts were issued through RaceJoy

RaceJoy is a new technology for the Indy area and it was clearly embraced by the 2,100 race participants and supporting family and friends both at the race and around the country who used RaceJoy. More than 340 participants were live tracked on race day and 12,760 GPS progress alerts were issued through RaceJoy.

The race organizers promoted standard SMS alerts at designated timing locations and RaceJoy’s GPS-based course tracking through their website and social media. The promotion of RaceJoy allowed participants to know about the interactive race experience available to them.

Monumental Marathon Pre-Race Tweets

Monumental Marathon Pre-Race Website Home Page

Another RaceJoy feature available to participants and spectators before, during and after the race was the Send-a-Cheer function. Users also got to try out RaceJoy’s newest industry-first Text-to-Cheer feature. Close to 1,500 cheers were sent out over the course of the weekend. Way to #BeMonumental Indianapolis!

We’d like to say a special thank you to the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon organizers, participants and supporting family and friends for embracing RaceJoy! We hoped you enjoyed using RaceJoy and had a monumental race experience!

The Indianapolis Monumental Marathon is a not-for-profit organization focused on educating youth in Indianapolis about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, combating community deterioration and juvenile delinquency by promoting health, physical fitness and wellness, and utilizing proceeds from fundraising activities, like the marathon, to fund charities with missions consistent with the purposes of the organization. With the help of the participants, spectators, sponsors, and volunteers, they have been able to donate more than $675,000 to Indianapolis Public School Charities. To learn more: http://www.monumentalmarathon.com

If you’d like to have your race added into RaceJoy, send your course map in electronic format (KML, GPX, or link to MapMyRun map) to addrace@racejoy.com. Buyout options are available.